When Truth Is Stranger (And Sadder) Than Fiction

I've blogged before about the dangers of posting too much information on Facebook, particularly if you're a person involved in an ongoing divorce. The idiocy of some people never ceases to astound me. Why would you "friend" someone you don't know? Why would you send them pictures and videos of yourself in compromising positions and why, oh why, would you involve your kid in all of that?

A woman in California is learning the hard way that the cute guy who just sent that friend request may be your soon-to-be-ex, digging for dirt. In this case, the woman's husband found what he was looking for – and then some. The woman, (mentioned only as "Denise") decided to send her new Facebook friend some sexy videos, and decided to recruit her eight year old daughter as the camera operator. The article details just how sexy Denise got:

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Over the next month, Denise had her daughter film about 20 videos of her doing her best imitation of Showgirls. An opinion from a California court says the videos featured Denise "naked, dancing and touching herself." In one video, she encouraged her daughter to also "shake her booty" for the camera, while wearing a shirt and underwear.

Denise's husband, Michael took all those videos and messages to court with him, and was sure that the court would immediately revoke her custody of their children. Under the circumstances, I think he had a good point to make, don't you? The judge agreed that Denise was not exactly Mother of the Year, but pointed out that as a father, Michael had an obligation to his child the moment he saw that she was being exploited by her mother to end the charade and intervene. He didn't, choosing instead to wait it out and gather more incriminating videos, pictures and messages. That delay cost him, as now neither parent has custody of the daughter, who was removed by child protective services to the custody of a relative.

Just another case of a kid being used as a pawn by both parents in a game that nobody wins. What do you think? Should the father have spoken up sooner? Or was it more important to build a solid case so that he could be assured of getting his daughter away from that unhealthy environment?